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thus imperatively presented for solution
should be approached In a spirit higher
than craftsmanship, and considered in the
light OF that regard for patriotic duty
which should characterize the action Of
those intrusted with the veal of a conid-
ing people. But the obligation to declared
party policy and principle is not wanting
to urge prompt and effective action. Both
of the great political parties now repre-
sented in the government have, by re-
peated and authoritative declarations,
condemned the condition of our laws
which permit the collection of unnecessary
revenue. Our progress toward q wise
conclusion will not be improved by dwell
ing upon the-theories OF protection and
free trade.
This ave too much of bandying cpl
thets, 1t is a condition which confronts
us-nOt a theory. Relief from this con-
dition may involve a slight reduction of
the advantages, which we award IL
come productions, but the entire with
drawal Of such advantages should not be
contemplated. The question of free trade
Is absolutely irrelevant and the persistent
claim made in certain quarters that all
efforts to relieve the people from unjust
and unnecessary taxation are schemes OF
s~o-callcd free traders, is mischievious and
tar removed from any consideration of the
public good The simple and plain duty
which we owe the people is to reduce
taxation to the necessary expenses Of an
economical operation on the government
and to restore to the business of the
country the money which we hold in the
treasury through perversion of govern
mental powers. The thing can and
should be done with safety to all our in
dustries.
After abiding to the fact that it has
been the custom of the president to pre-
sent annually a message to congress on
the condition of the country, and that
owing to its paramount importance he
had confined himself to a single topic, the
president concludes as follows:
AS the law makes no provision for
any report from the department of state,
a brief history of the transactions of this
important department, together with 9TH
er matters, which it may hereafter be
deemed essential to commend to the atten-
ton Of the congress, may furnish the &C.
caslon for a future communication.
, 1887-12-07

turers that they shall fOrego all benefits
of governmental regard, but they cannot
fail to be admonished OF their duty, as
well as their enlightened self interests
and safety when they are reminded of the
tact that financial panic and collapse to
which the present condition tends, afford
no greater shelter or protection to our
manufactures than to our other important
enterprises. The difficulty attending the
wise aud fair revision Of our tariff laws is
not underestimated. 1t will require on
the part of congress great labor and care,
and especially a broad and national con-
temptation of the subject, and a patriotic
disregard of such local and selfish claims
as are unreasonable and reckless of the
welfare OF the entire country.
UNDER OUR PRESENT LAWS,
more than 1000 articles are subjected to
duty. Many of these do o in any way
compete with our own manufacturers
and many are hardly worth attention as
subjects of revenue. A considerable re-
duction can be made in the aggregate, by
adding them to the free list The taxa
ton of Injuries present no feature of
hardship; but the necessaries of life used
and consumed by all the people, the
duty upon which adds to the cost OF
living, should be greatly ~cheapened.
The radical reduction of the duties im.
posed upon raw material used in manu-
t%actures on It's free importation is of
course an important factor in any effort
to reduce the price of these nccessaries.
TT WOULD NOT ONLY
relieve them from the increased cost
caused by the tariff on such material, but
the manufactured product being thus
cheapened that part of the tariff now laid
upon such product as a compensation to
our manufacturers for the present price of
raw material could be accordingly modi
fled. Such reduction or free importation
would serve, besides, to largely reduce the
revenue. 1t is not apparent how such a
change can have any injurious effect upon
our manufacturers. On the contrary it
would appear to give a better chance in
foreign markets. Thus our people might
have the opportunity Of extending their
sales beyond the limits of home consump-
ton, saving them from the depression,
interruption in business and loss caused
bv a glutted domestic market and afford
ing their employees more certain and steady
labor, with its resulting quiet and content.
mont
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
MULES WITH RED ROSES.
What is Considered the Height of
Fashion in Mexico.

Il Mexican ladies generally take their
exercise in closed carriages, as etiquette
fOrbids them to ride on horseback unless
accOmpa MED by husband, father or
II brother, writes correspondent of the
Philadelphia Record. For gentleman
Ito ask his first cousin to go out with him,
seither on foot, ON horse or in a carriage,
would be resented as deadly insult
and give sufficient cause for duel,
rsiuce to accept the invitation would
seriously compromise her good name.
On pleasant afternoons land all after
moons are pleasant here except during
the rainy seasonS), everybody who OWLS
a carriage or is able to hire one drives
out to the Alameda or PaSco-the FASH
ionable boulevard attached to every
Mexican town.
In all Mexico there is not a phaetOn
or any other open vehicle above cart;
but though hermetically sealed up in
closed carriages, one may catch glimpses
of bright eyes and beautiful faces-for
the fair occupants are not averSe to
admiration. despite their rigid adher-
ence to etiquette, and are generally
about the easiest creatures in the world
to fiirt with. 9
Many of the handsomest carriages OF
the wealthiest people are drawn by
mules, for "blOOded stock" of that de-
scription brings fabulous prices here.
In truth pair of SnOw-white mules,
closely clipped and carefully gr0omed,
decorated with gold-mOunted harness
and punches of red roses at the base of
their ears make turnout by no means
to be deSpiSed. 49,
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
Cabinet Meetings.
sryiew Hith AM x.Cabinet Officer.

Interview with an ex-Cabinet Officer.
''What is the process in cabinet
meeting of beginning the business?
Does the president go throughshiS cabi-
net with a system, or do they just walk
around and have confab?
'sNo. President Arthur, when the
time arrived for cabinet conference,
took his seat at the head of the table.
He would turn to the secretary of state
and say: 'Mr. Secretary of. State, is
there anything in your department re-
quiring our attention. If the secretary
of state passed, he would say: Mr.. Sec
retary of the Treasury or Mr.. Attor-
ney general, have you something we
should attend top In that way he went
the rounds, calling every man by his
official title. Sometimes the first man
asked would bring up question that
would take the entire time of the meet
ing up. At other times there would be
no questions in any department requir
ing attention. Often political questions
would take the place of mere official
business. A government is much more
of political organization than outsiders
believe. The president invites to his
cabinet those men who represent their
their party as well as their country. OF
course the political discussion is in the
light of public business as WE'LL"
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
HORSESHOE LUCK.
An Incident in a Barber Shop
That Knocks it Sky High.

The believers in the luck-bringing
properties of the horseshoe are less to-
day by one man. He was an individual
who formerly looked upon the horse
shoes as harbinger of success, but he
was yesterday converted to unbelief in
Tenth street barber shop. When the
barber opened for business yesterday
morning he started conversation with
the first customer about hOrseShoeS. He
said his boy found, ON an average, two
a day and nailed them about the house
until his home looked like blacksmith
shop. No unusual good luck followed
and he did not think the horseshoe was
productive of it. While he was talking
two other customers entered. The first
was pronounced i'll his belief that the
horseshoe was prolific of everything bad
and that ill luck would follow its intro
duction into household. The other
gentleman had four gilded shoes at
home and believe that the "G'luck"
painted upon them was Just what they
would bring.
"That chestnut about horseshoes
bringing good luck" said the unbe-
lever, ''iS dead rot. Everybody / ever
knew who handled horseshoe has met
with misfortune. know a theatrical
manager in this town who believed in
such nonsense and wore valuable shoe
of diamonds. Bad luck followed, his
venture failed and he is now repairing
his losses in another CITY,"
The believer remembered that he
once knew man who owned diamond
horseshoe, and admitted that his friend
had met with so many financial disas-
tiers that leather horseshoe would now
be luxury. His belief was shaken.
The horseshoe was fast losing its power.
He suddenly remembered that he had
been sleeping for six months under
calico quilt that was covered with horse
shoes, and his bad luck was the only
thing that had stuck to him.
II will tell the landlady to never put
that quilt on my bed again." he said, as
he took his place in a chair, and the fat
man, who was an unbeliever, laughed
as he realized that one man at least had
fOrsworn fallacy that had supersti-
ton as its foundation.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
: PUT YOUR MONEY
d: On the wheel.
: Your change will
Come back.
Beer, ,40c per bottle.
Beer. sc per glass. .
Blackberry brandy,
Two drinks for 25c.

81 went down into my pocket, and,
finding among the ruins 50-cent piece
placed it on the wheel in one of the
compartments. In clear and distinct
tone of voice / said:
''One bottle of beer, please"
For second silence reigned supreme
in the cave-like saloon. l soon heard
creaking sound, the wheel revOlved,
and my 5O-cent piece disappeared from
view.
''FOr the space of several minutes l
heard nothing; then the wheel revolved
once more and before my astOnished
gaze rested a bottle of beer, glass,
and 10-cent piece, the glass
being in one compartment and the beer
in the other. / drank the forbidden
fluid in silence, and placing the empty
glass and bottle back in the compart-
ments of the wheel 1 saw them whisked
from my aght and then l with
drew.
''Now, at no time was the party who
sold me the liquor visible, and it would
be impossible for me to swear who or
what he was. The partition which di-
vided the cave and behind which the
unknown dealer transacted his business
was very tight, having but one crack in
it. looked through this, striving to
see what was behind the mysterious
partition, but could see but one thing
and that was a government license from
the internal revenue office at Leaven-
worth"
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
WORTHY HIS RECEPTION.

There is reason for the cordiality with
which the Earl of Aberdeen, now in st.
Paul, has been received in this country
beyond the ordinary courtesy which
Americans generally delight in showing
distinguished visitors. The present Wis
Itor is almost without exception the only
nOn-lriSh peer who admits the justice of
Ireland's demand for home rule. When
he held the post of lord lieutenant of
Ireland, under the last GLADSTONE reg
ime, his administration was so popular
with the Irish themselves that his SUI
precedence, when the SAULISBURY
ministry came into power, was regarded
by Ireland very nearly in the light of a
national calamity. AT a time when
nearly all of the English aristocracy are
determined to Withhold from Ireland her
Just rights, the pronounced friendship
of the Earl of Aberdeen for her cause is
noteworthy. He has proven himself a
true lover of liberty in his advocacy of
home rule, and OH that score, if no other,
would be well worthy of the attention
he has received in this country from the
friends of Ireland.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
LOCK UP VALUARLES,

A great many people will celebrate
the Fourth nationally by visiting the
lakes leaving their houses in a more or
less unprotected condition. The enter
prising burglar and the ubiquitous
sneak thief. who count all times their
OWN, particularly such times as people
select for hOliday-making will, however,
take no vacation. They are likely to be
unpieasantly numerous to-day both in
city and amid the crowds at the races.
People therefore who leave their homes
for the day will do well to see that their
portable valuables are locked up in a
place where thieves will find it ex-
tremely difficult % break through and
steal, and those who mingle with the
crowds, whether at the lakes or on the
fair grounds, will do well to keep their
purses in their inside pockets and their
watches from the covetous gaze of the
suspiciOuS-lOoking hystander
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
THE RESULT OF A SPANKING.
How a Poor English Teacher Be-
came a Leader of Paris So

How Poor English Teacher Be
came a Leader of Paris So
ciety.
Paris Cable to New York World.
The Gil Bias, in mentioning birth in
high life at Paris, relates this week an
amusing story of the incidents which
led to the marriage of the parents. The
happy father, marquis, is seventy
years of age, while his wife is some
thirty-five years younger. The child is
a result of marriage of ten years. The
marquiSe is an English woman. She
. was formerly a teacher in one of the
private schools of Paris. She believed
in the English idea of fiOgging, and she
occasionally punished her pupils with a
cane. One of the patrons of the
school was the cOachman of the mar
quis in question. Both of the cOachman's
children were refractory, and were fire.
quently punished. The cOachman re-
Sented this assumption of authority by
the teacher, and warned her never to
fog his children again. The teacher
persisted in her course, and soon after
ward had occasion to give one of the
coachman'S children another flOgging.
A day or two afterward the teacher was
passing the house of the marquis, when
the coachman rushed out, seized the
teacher, drew her into the courtyard of
the house, and there proceeded to ad-
minister to her an Old-faShi0ned spank
ing in retaliation for her furnishing his
children. The marquis happened to
come along while the cOachman was in
the midst of his castigation. He flew
into great rage and promptly rescued
the unhappy lady from her undignified
position. The acquaintance made by
The marquis with this lady under such
ridiculous circumstances led directly
into an intimacy and subsequent mar
,Tiage. In fact, the coachman'S spank
ing resulted in giving a poor English
school teacher one of the leading posi-
tions iii Partisan society.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
DECIDEDLY A PARTISAN IDEA.
Variety Entertainments Viewed
in Reflected Miniature in Cafes.

Paris has hit upon new idea in cafe
chantants. The spectator is first intro
duced into pretty cafe, carpeted, ele-
gantly furnished and lighted, and with
the gas dimmed by blue glass, which
gives soft and mysterious appearance
to the surroundings.
From the drawing-rOOm cafe one is
introduced into another room, OF rather
sort of passage or gallery, perfectly
dark, along which are ranged cOmfOrta-
Bile chairs. Seated i'll one of these the
spectator finds before him long ledge,
into which are set framed pieces of glass
about foot square, one before each
person. Looking closely there are seen
in the glass the exact represen-
tation of the stage of theater:
the scenery, curtain. ETC., etc. In
this miniature stage appears performer
three and half inches high, who sings
and dances in the usual cafe chantant
style. This little stage, and indeed the
stage itself, is simply reduced copy
thrown by some arrangement of light or
reflection on the glass of an actual stage
and an actual performer who is singing
on the other side of the partition. Every
word is heard with perfect diStinctness
in the natural voice of the singer. Every
expression, every color, the slightest
jewels, even to the rings on the fingers,
are reproduced in the figure three and
a half inches high. Every facial express
sion may be seen as clearly as though
one were looking on the real performer.
They are excellent variety performers,
and concerts are given in this way sing
ers, jugglers and dancers all being in
miniature. Fifty-six reproductions of
the stage are made in the manner de-
scribed, and only fifty-six persons can
see the performance at one time, so each
has, in fact, little stage all to himself.
The management had sixty artists, in
Guiding some of the best known in
Paris, and if required, an entire opera
or play might be performed on this
dwarf theatre.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
A CHILD WITH TWO HEADS.
1t is Covered With Shaggy Hair
and is Very Odd Indeed.

A child with two heads was born re-
Gently in the little town of CoOpers, N.
G.. The heads are back to back The
front face is perfect, while the one at
the back is not regular. There is only
one neck for the two skulls, and the
hair on the forehead comes down to the
eyes. The arms of this phenomenon
are covered with a heavy, shaggy growth.
of hair entirely to the wrists. Ruth and
Harvey Lyth. two Woodworking cOlored'
people, are the parents of this strange
being. The child is an unusually large
ore, weighing about sixteen pounds
and apparently about two feet long. It,
is almost white, and has fair features
that are rather pleasing when the
shaggy forehead and rear head are con-
ceaIed. Its voice is not that of the
human young, but suggestive of the
lower animals in its strange, unnatural
cries. 1t has not taken nOurishment
from it's mother, but greedily swallows
what is otherwise given it. The mother
appears attached to this strange Great
ure, and refers to it in terms of endear-
mont.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
As Others See Us.

American Letter to London Queen.
American ladies entertain each other
more than Englishwomen do, and
ladies' luncheon parties are much in
vogue. These, from the breakfasts
given by the SOrOsis club (for wOmen)
to celebrities of their own sex, where as
many as 800 sit down, to the girls
luncheon of six or eight, impress one
as a most characteristic phase of
the social life. We will pass over
the gorgeous luncheon parties for
twenty or thirty ladies (of all ages),
at which the company is frequently
seated at four or five small tables, and
give short description of the girls
smaller luncheOns. Many young ladies
give several in succession, having six or
eight visitors at each, and if one of a set
has a friend staying with her, ,luncheOns,
as special attention to the guest, will be
given during the visit by the other
members of the set. 1t is doubtful
whether an English girl would consider
the coming to lunch of FIVE or six of her
friends sufficient excuse for the giving
of an elaborate repaSt, with the numer-
Gus costly accessories that are deemed
necessary by her American sister.
OF all nationalities the American girl
issurely the most pleasure loving. She
is genuine, warm-hearted, witty, and has
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
Thoughtful Puss.
Boston Post.


Every dog is said to have his day, and
why should the cat be less favored?
Here is a cat story which certainly is
not outdone in the evidence of intelli-
gence which it affords by any dog story
that has been told of late, and can be
vouehed for: Mistress Puss, who is the
heroine of this story, lives in family
as it's best beloved pet, and has much
careful attention. Each year, when
the family goes into the country,
of course Mistress Puss goes too,
and thus she has become used
to travelling and its accompanying dis
comforts. She has become used also to
the various signs of approaching migra-
tion, and knows what it means when
the carpets come up and trunks are
packed. This particular season Mis-
tress Puss, being the happy mother of a
promising kitten, was very anxious and
nervous as the time for 4litting drew
near, and at last became so troubled
that she attracted the attention of the
family by her peculiar behavior. On
following her they found the cause.
She had packed her little one into a
partially filled trunk lest it should be
overlooked in the moving.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04

a perfect genius for enjoyment; she
loves fun, she loves Irritation GnrOcent
withaD, she loves dress and fashion, she
loves dancing and the theater, she loves
moonlight sleigh rides and tob0gganing,
but most of all she loves "German"-
/ do not mean one Of the large army of
Teutons who have found their way
across the Atlantic and built up fortune
and happiness in the home of their
adoption. No, german in this sense
is the cotillon Americanized. There
seems to be glamour surrounding it
that places it far ahead of the most bril-
liant ball.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
WE ARE THERE,

The st. Paul GLOBE does not seem to be III
favor of making two states of this territory
Many of us would concede a point on this
question and come in as one. Does the GLOBE
favor the latter proposition? We do not re-
member that that paper has expressed itself
in favor of our rights in any shape. The lat
ter is what we are seeking, either divided or
-undivided.-VOlga Dak.) Tribune.
Not only once, but time and time
again, the GLOBE has earnestly advO-
Gated the admission of Dakota, and the
-Yolga Tribune only exhibits its care
1esSneSS in scanning these columns if it
has failed to observe it. The GLOBE
did not commit itself to the support of
the rump state government, which a few
political adVenturerS undertook to eS-
tablish for South Dakota, for the simple
reason that the movement was not only
unwarranted by the laws and eonstitu-
ton of the United States, but it was in
reality little short of rebellion. Because
the GLOBE declined to give encourage
ment to set of insurgents is no reason
to assume that this paper has been hos
tile to the admission of the ter
ritory. On the contrary, it has
been an earnest advocate of
granting every right to the territory to
which it was entitled and for which the
people have asked. We have uniformly
insisted that Dakota is entitled to state
hood. and it would long ago have been
invested with that dignity if it had not
been for the rumpuS raised by the little
gang of political adventures referred
to above. If the question of division is
submitted to the people of the whole
territory, and if upon fair vote a ma
jOrity declare in favor of it there will be
no opposition to it in this direction. But
the GLOBE will never countenanee any
movement which permits few individ-
uals to take snap Judgment on the whole
people, and particularly when there is
nothing in view except to create some
fat political offices for gang of office
seekers who are out of meat. If Dakota
knocks at the door of the next congress
asking admission as whole, there will
be no more ardent or active supporter
of the proposition than the st. Paul
GLOBE. We hope that this declaration
is specific enough to suit our VOlga con-
temporary.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-04
LEGAL LACONICS.

No young limb of the law is big enough
to establish branch office.-New Or
leans Picayune.
When Mazzini said. ''G0od counsel has
no price," he hadn't heard of the New
York Bar.-Life.
If the client is rich the attorney in
variably considers his case feasible un-
dertaking.-BOston Budget.
Lawyers are not SO hard-harded after
all. They display a great many close
attachmentS.-New Haven News.
Sound Law-The shyster's fervid
plea. There's more sound to it than
there is law, every me.-Someryille
Journal.
Philadelphia proposes to have nat
ural gas in the futnre. All that is neceS-
sary to secure it is to plant separate
cemetery for lawyers and then sink a
well.-Philadelph Herald.
A bright little friend of mine return
ing from church where his rather Offici-
ateS said: ''Mmama, why does papa
pray every Sunday to have all the law
yers hanged?"
''Why, my boy, he does not. What
makes you say that?'
''YeS, he does, mamma. Every Sun
day he says: And on these hang all
the laws and the prophets r"-TOledO
Sunday Journal.